Comparison of a Strategy Favoring Early Surgical Resection vs a Strategy Favoring Watchful Waiting in Low-Grade Gliomas

Asgeir S. Jakola,Kristin Smistad Myrmel,Roar Kloster,Sverre Helge Torp,Sigurd Lindal,Geirmund Unsgård,Ole Solheim

Comparison of a Strategy Favoring Early Surgical Resection vs a Strategy Favoring Watchful Waiting in Low-Grade Gliomas

2012

Asgeir S. Jakola
Kristin Smistad Myrmel
Roar Kloster
Sverre Helge Torp
Sigurd Lindal
Geirmund Unsgård
Ole Solheim

CONTEXT: There are no controlled studies on surgical treatment of diffuse low-grade gliomas (LGGs), and management is controversial.OBJECTIVE: To examine survival in population-based parallel cohor ...

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Biopsy
Low-Grade Glioma
Population
Surgery
Diabetes mellitus
Tumor excision
Resection
Medicine
Watchful waiting
Clinical endpoint
surgical resection
Survival analysis
Referral
Histopathology

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